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A Republican senator seeking re-election in Ohio once touted data centers. He tried to pass a bill that fell short of requiring them to pay their fair share. No wonder it failed.
Republican Senator John Curtis and his Democratic colleague Lisa Blunt Rochester are introducing legislation on the facilities' impacts.
The Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation requiring state utility regulators to consider whether large electricity users, including data centers, should bear the incremental costs of power infrastructure.